Oil drip trays

[NiceCupOfTea]

Given that I'm spending rather a lot of money on a new drive I thought it would be worth while in getting something I can shove under both cars for when they inevitable decide to leak...

Is there anywhere that does something like this - I'm thinking a wide shallow plastic tray? Cardboard looks crap and never stays put. I suppose I could hack together something from wood to absorb it but it wouldn't help on the bigger puddles

[anonymous-user]

Definitely don't use one of your OH's saucepans.

They don't like that at all

[GKP]

Nip down to the garden centre and grab a large seed tray.

[Puddenchucker]

Halfords do one for £4.29

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...

[chris1roll]

Won't that just blow away?

I've got a couple of enamelled metal ones in the garage, One deep enough to use for an oil change with a spout for pouring. Don't know where they came from though I'm afraid.

[LuS1fer]

Fill it with cat litter.

[NeilC]

Or put an old brick in it. I have some giant ones made out of aluminum/thin gauge steel which are ace as I also use them when working on the car to make finding dropped nuts and bolts easier. Dunno where they come from though, probably home made.

[littleandy0410]

NeilC said:

Or put an old brick in it. I have some giant ones made out of aluminum/thin gauge steel which are ace as I also use them when working on the car to make finding dropped nuts and bolts easier. Dunno where they come from though, probably home made.

I've got one like that; Aluminium, about 3ft 6in by 2ft 6in. I do know where mine came from though. It used to sit under a much bigger engine - a Rolls-Royce RB 199 Mk 103 turbofan engine in fact.

[NiceCupOfTea]

some good ideas there! looking for something a touch bigger though - never know where the next leak's coming from Will have a look at the Halfords one and get down the local garden centre too...

[muckymotor]

I got mine from Demon Tweeks at the Autosport show for my old track day Mk1 Escort. It's roughly 5' x 3' so was large enough for engine and gearbox leaks, of which there were many!

[Kentish]

Hi NCoT;

I use one of those builders concrete mixing trays, it's about 1.5" high and just small enough in diameter to slide under the car.

Only about £15 too.

Here you go:-

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Tuffspot-Mixing-Tray/invt/...

[B16JUS]

id say if your gunna get one get a nice firm stirdy one, mine is from sealey its still a virgin tray looking nice and clean

J

[The Black Flash]

Cat litter trays are another good cheap alternative, will take a whole engine full as well

[JakeR]

Depends how big you need it, but I've just bought a large metal oven dish from Sainsburys for about £3.50. Just the job for me...

[B16JUS]

remember its not always catching it its pouring it back into the empty bottle thats messy

[JakeR]

B16JUS said:

remember its not always catching it its pouring it back into the empty bottle thats messy

funnel?

[B16JUS]

JakeR said:

B16JUS said:

remember its not always catching it its pouring it back into the empty bottle thats messy

funnel?

yes, but sometimes its just easier and less hands needed to just pour from the spout in a proper oil catcher

[JakeR]

B16JUS said:

JakeR said:

B16JUS said:

remember its not always catching it its pouring it back into the empty bottle thats messy

funnel?

yes, but sometimes its just easier and less hands needed to just pour from the spout in a proper oil catcher

having just done an oil change this afternoon, the whole fecking job is messy. Particularly when donut here drops the old oil filter and watches it clatter across the garage!

[Kentish]

JakeR said:

B16JUS said:

JakeR said:

B16JUS said:

remember its not always catching it its pouring it back into the empty bottle thats messy

funnel?

yes, but sometimes its just easier and less hands needed to just pour from the spout in a proper oil catcher

having just done an oil change this afternoon, the whole fecking job is messy. Particularly when donut here drops the old oil filter and watches it clatter across the garage!

Ooops!

That's why I posted the link above to the builders concrete mixing tray - larger is better!

They are just over a metre in diameter which is small enough to cover the entire engine area beneath a car which is quite handy if you do spill oil down the engine as it often travels along a different route to get to the floor - not just straight down

Also quite handy if you drop the filter